Call me crazy too but Brian Wilson looks so much more sane and coherent under Dr. Landy than under his wife Melinda. Watch Beatiful dreamer, or the Larry King interview, he is a wreck now. What is that wife doing to him?
There's a big myth about Brian as the tortured cherubic genius, turned into a schizo because Mike Love didn't like Smile and his pop Murry was a mean guy. What's forgotten is that Brian started hearing voices a few weeks after he started dropping acid, that he blew it with Smile due to psyching himself out combined with his drug use, and that he was always a bizarre, immature guy. There are militant Brian fanatics that think is he farted on a record, it would be genius art.
I wonder cuz he sounds and acts like that... I think Landy just created a substitute addiction for Brian, absolutely knowing how to succeed. And it'll take a long hard way out of it.
@AnyDrug Landy was clearly unethical and broke a lot of ethical boundaries that exist for a reason. But he does have to be given credit for actually getting Brian to be a functioning human being again. If Landy hadn't been around, we'd probably be commemorating the 30th anniversary of Brian's death from an OD, heart attack or suicide. Unfortunate, despite the image his handlers promote, I hear Brian's permanently living in another galaxy these days, mentally.
@peterp21his current sit. cause of being over medicated for so long i'm willing to suggest. i've been in mental hospitals before and the people all speak similarly to the way he does. and i just saw an interview he gave back in 67 and he was way different. the same thing happened to me i was hijacked by the police and thrown into a hospital and medicated on drugs that turned me from being a high energy party animal socialite performer. to within days like a zombie while i was on the meds.
I'm gonna say this right now.. FUCK DR. LANDY. Brian should have been hospitalized. Brian and Landy's relationship was that of co-dependency. Brian should've been committed to an institution.
You know what's sad? I typed in "Brian Wilson interview" on youtube, and the first page was filled with interviews from the BASEBALL player. To me, this is sad. There is only one Brian Wilson...and it's sad that the hype surrounding a baseball player surpasses a genious. Just sayin'....
@boxcharles Yes,.there is a San Francisco Giant ball player with the same name, and he is indeed popular at the moment. Any time you type in "Brian Wilson", on anything...you unfortunately have to weed through pages of SF Giants stuff.
Like it or not, Landy did save Brian's life, Mike Love contributed plenty towards Brian's instability, and still does. He was jealous of Landy, and afraid that Brian would be able to go it alone. If Love had been more supportive of Brian in the first place, 'Smile' might well have seen the light of day and Brian might not have descended into the creative vacuum and therefore maybe wouldn't have needed 'help' from someone like Eugene Landy. Brian was irreparably damaged before Landy appeared.
@prescient8 I agree that Landy did indeed clean Brian up, get him to exercise, eat right, live clean, etc.....but he did wear out his welcome after his duty was done.
@aftershock71'm a therapist and a shrink. Brian could have been "saved" in other ways then signing a pact with the devil. Brian has /was a schizophrenic bipolar patient that could have been treated otherwise with better results. Landry was a guru, and Brian was fragile enough to cling to him, because things that should have been secure had betrayed him, starting with his father. How many gifted kids have gone under because of their father's intervention, like André Agasse, Michael Jackson.
@prescient8 LOL, gimme a break. Mike caused Brian's instability? How? By being an obnoxious jerk-off and not liking Smile? And Mike wasn't the only one having a problem with Brian's Smile escapade. I give it 50-50 odds that Smile would have been a bewildering flop had it come out. Must be Mike of course, not Brian's rampant drug abuse that caused him to lose focus on Smile and then descend into mental illness.
@Halloffamer333 brian built a sandbox around his piano so he could have his feet in the sand while he wrote songs the piano tuner had to vacuum the sand out of the hammers
@tmilwaukee Oh yeah right. Landy kept Brian's daugthers away from him. What kind of sick f**k would do that to somebody. He abused Brian's mental state by making his own kids out to be the evil ones.
No doubt that Landy had his problems..but he had Brian in a much better state of mind than the Brian of today. Just look at videos from the Landy era and compare them to the Wilson of now. Brian doesn't even play the keys these days in concert and he just waves his arms up and down.
i like brian wilson. theres just something otherworldly about him. like his spirit is almost too big to be in his body. i get sad thinking about him... but his music is such a drastic opposite to that sadness.
I heard Brian Wilson doesn't want to work or play with Mike Love ever again, and he said this as recently as 8 months ago, does that surprise u? I know it puts a lump in my throat too, cause i was hoping for a 50th anniversary reunion of The Beach Boys next year.
@relimes Well, I think Brian has a good gig right now...he probably wants no more connection with Love in fear of another lawsuit. I just hope for a 'SMiLE' boxed set come the 50th anniversary.
Brian has come a very long way since that Prime Time episodes...and his musical output is better than ever before. Just check out the CD That Lucky Old Sun for the proof. The songs "Midnight's Another Day" and "Going Home" tells the story very eloquently. God bless Brian.
Brian Wilson is a musical genius. Landy is (was) nothing but a mooching conning Jigalo! Landy also seems gay, not that it matters in itself, but seems that Landy played on physical ploys as well as mental to control Brian. Photos of him walking arm in arm with Brian, hugging him, etc. Hopefully Brian finally came to his senses about the little weasel shit.
@cottonceena landy was george bensons manager when he was a teenager made a record and went to new york [ landy lost his license after this for prescribing drugs with out a license he was a phd not an md now hes dead and brian survived .
From a spiritual standpoint, about WHY people are on this Earth. You can say that Brian was strictly put on this earth to create heavenly music. And I really mean that. Heavenly. He was a terrible father. A terrible husband. His purpose on this earth (besides co-creating two daughters) was strictly to create angelic music.
having worked with many high functioning autistic children as part of my job, I think it's safe to say that Brian is definitely on the autism spectrum.
Ah ah :-) Creepy? Maybe if you dont see what I have seen. The last two seconds are the clear proof that he is the greatest soul I knew in my life. A pure unique soul.
( when i think in that STUPID period with Landy, that monster, i feel such an anger: i could break DR. Landys face in a min !! )
And, i still dont understand why Mike CRAP Love ( i feel bad feeelings about him; really ) was in the band!! The others ( to protect Brian and the band) should got r of him
But, most important: Brian Wilson is wiser, he learned A LOT in Life. If he was a bright genius, now he is a brighter soul.
if you want to know the story of brian wilson read "catch a wave" if you want more insight into the landy years read: "wouldnt it be nice" it is pretty amazing how landy saved brians life... BUT landy got greedy and felt brian owed him his life in return for saving it. I dont trust the official beach boys version of events any more than landy... mike love is a whackjob who thinks he can levitate while simultaneously suing brian for being "insane". brian was surrounded by circling sharks.
I don't think I have ever seen it put more eloquently. Perfect way to describe Brian. Many people hate Brian's dad and he was abusive in ways.... but some of the stronghold he had on Brian was actualy from the fear that someone would befriend Brian and take advantage of Brian's genius and good nature. Murry knew that Brian was gullible and he tried to protect him for a long time.
@Edhallick Shes wrong when she said that dennis was the only one that surfed they all did some more than others mike said we were more like surfing winos getting drunk and falling off the board
I think Landy was very possibly physically/sexually abusing Brian Wilson as well as mentally... look at some of those photos of them practically in each others laps...Landy = G.A.Y. and those lyrics from "sleep alone" seem to be Landy writing lyrics that belittle and embarrass Brian and he was obviously a control freak... its scary. Brian was and is the greatest and wow what an amazing catalog of music. BW is the best
A truly amazing & most revealing interview. It's sad to see Brian in that state he was in at that time .. and it seems certain, from the footage, that he was indeed under the mesmer of that arsehole Landy. When you contrast Brian today with how he was then - one should get down on their knees & give thanks to god, every single day, for Brian's incredible recovery. Now, if only "Sweet Insanity" would be released .. at long last. To sit alongside "That Lucky Old Sun".
It's amazing how at the end of this, the *interviewer* is doing him more therapeutic good than all those 9 years with Landy seemed to. "Why don't you see them?" "That's a good question...hmm... never thought about that."
Brian had the gift.....why didn't Mike Love think about Brian's sensitivity (usually the price of genius...look at other genius). They (The Beach Boys) should have not let the love of money detract them...let's face it....they were about selling albums....they (the BB minus BW) got caught up in capitalism....be true to your school but also be true to your music......selling out will not help the BB Mike
Do you realize how many drugs he took?He smoked marijuana and cigarettes,used LSD,and abused uppers and downers in the 60's.During the 70's ,he was an alcoholic and abused cocaine heavily.Then,in the 80's, he abused Xanax and other legal prescription drugs thanks to "Dr" Eugene Landy.His brain is totally fried but he's still a genius.
I never understood any of your comments till around 6 minutes.What a scumbag that Landy was,He stole Brian Wilson from te world,Stole his Money and what was left of his sould and self confidnece.
Look, at every adult problem (we all have some) you can almost always point to some situation during the years of early development that caused it. Just read about the terrible beating and humiliations that Brian suffered at the hands of his father Murray. This most probably caused much of Brians paranoia, rather than drugs...
Brian Wilson smoked so much marijuana in the 1960's and 70's it isn't even funny. He also tried pretty much every drug on earth. But it was the prescription drugs Landy gave to him that "burned his brain out"
It's an emotional travesty because the guy was brainwashed and lived a generally messed up life, I don't think taking drugs illegaly is really all that much of a travesty. Obviously if it affects their life in a negative way it's not good but just because it's illegal doesn't make it wrong.
Brian is schizoaffective, bipolar type. I live with the same condition and I can truly say that you are never "fully healthy". But with a relatively mild medication regimen, and psychotherapy, you can live a pretty good life. Illicit drugs are NOT a part of that healing, which Brian struggled with.
I've learned that you don't have to like an artist to be able to enjoy his work. Wilson, Michael Jackson, Elliott Smith, Curtis, Cobain, I HATE each and every one of them for destroying their lives. The only thing left to remember is that single moment, when they actually had appreciation for something: their music. And why does this always happen in the world of music, and rarely does in film or tv?
Wilson has nothing to do with Elliott Smith, Cobain, Michael Jackson. He's a better composer than any of those "songwriters" put together. Also, He didn't ruin his life. Hes fully healthy now and released one of the highest acclaimed albums of all-time in 2004.
I didn't say that Wilson had anything to do with them - I said that he also similarly ruined his life (You really think that I thought that Wilson and Cobain had worked together at some point)? I also didn't say that he's at the same level than those other artists. But yes, you are correct, Wilson is getting back on track, especially with 2004's Smile, but I'm still upset at how he brought an end to the Beach Boys... Let's hope he revives it all!
he did save Wilsons life. Landy went TOTALLY overboard and crossed boundries that a doctor shouldn't. His program involving excersize, diet etc was good but he was a meglomaniac and a control freak. AND he had a lousy voice and couldn't sing for shit. LOL Brians deamons were his father and his obligation to his family. They should have let him be...they are ALL involved in his sickness. Mike Love is an IDIOT.
Re: "he had a lousy voice and couldn't sing for shit:" I didn't know Landy attempted to sing. Did you hear him? I'm just curious. On the OG pressing of Brian's 1988 album, Landy got a "background vocal" credit on "Rio Grande," but I couldn't tell if Landy was really on that song or not (especially since Brian likes to overdub his own b-ground vocals).
All in all, Brian Wilson will be remembered as one of the most prolific producers and songwriters of all time after he meets his maker. The guy was ahead of his time in both song structure and production technique. Many of the things he was doing back in the 60s is barely even touched upon by todays producers and engineers. Not just a musical genius. But, a genius of the studio, as well.
Mike Love once said that "You know, it's hard out here for a pimp" should have been the original lyric for "I Get Around." Haha, look at that clown with his yellow suit. Check out that bling!
Wow Brian Wilson is such a Musical Genius! What puzzles people is that he doesn't even realize it! At least Mike Love does and steals the Beach Boys from him, hehehe what a bald talentless prick raking in all the money!!
Diane Sawyer, ugh..painted up Jezebel if there ever was one.
juliano66 2 months ago
Sawyer is more brain dead than Brain, and she's so fucking fake.
tjwilson1966 2 months ago
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Without Yoko by his side, Yukio Mishima would've been sad & lonely.
ElHombreConDosOjos 3 months ago
That Landy fellow is just as horrible as M.Jacksons doctor..wtf with these 'doctors'.
Good he got him off drugs, but in this interview You can see how he is drugged with medicine.. (dunno pain relievers etc..)
Jimbowholivesinsoup 3 months ago
@Jimbowholivesinsoup Yeah he's so obviously doped up.
sonicdeath10 1 month ago
the song is "Surf's Up"
555Cala 4 months ago
What's the song at 3:32?
antuck1 4 months ago
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Dr. Landy is was your typical Jew who takes advantage of other peoples misery and profits from it.
ProudConfederateSon 4 months ago
It hurts to see this. He is so open with his feelings. I love this man for beeing so honest! All the best to you Brian!
kjetin99 5 months ago
Call me crazy too but Brian Wilson looks so much more sane and coherent under Dr. Landy than under his wife Melinda. Watch Beatiful dreamer, or the Larry King interview, he is a wreck now. What is that wife doing to him?
ericdxx 5 months ago
There's a big myth about Brian as the tortured cherubic genius, turned into a schizo because Mike Love didn't like Smile and his pop Murry was a mean guy. What's forgotten is that Brian started hearing voices a few weeks after he started dropping acid, that he blew it with Smile due to psyching himself out combined with his drug use, and that he was always a bizarre, immature guy. There are militant Brian fanatics that think is he farted on a record, it would be genius art.
peterp21 7 months ago
at 7:16 to 7:21 look Brian... Druggy?
InsanEssence 7 months ago
Thankfully, my therapist does not have a mullet. I don't think I could take her seriously if she did...
jayburdification 7 months ago
Evan, I think Mike Love did 1000 times more damage to Brian than anyone else. But did your father over-medicate him or not?
CirSam 10 months ago
Is Brian at that time still working with Landy..?
I wonder cuz he sounds and acts like that... I think Landy just created a substitute addiction for Brian, absolutely knowing how to succeed. And it'll take a long hard way out of it.
AnyDrug 10 months ago
@AnyDrug Landy was clearly unethical and broke a lot of ethical boundaries that exist for a reason. But he does have to be given credit for actually getting Brian to be a functioning human being again. If Landy hadn't been around, we'd probably be commemorating the 30th anniversary of Brian's death from an OD, heart attack or suicide. Unfortunate, despite the image his handlers promote, I hear Brian's permanently living in another galaxy these days, mentally.
peterp21 7 months ago
@peterp21his current sit. cause of being over medicated for so long i'm willing to suggest. i've been in mental hospitals before and the people all speak similarly to the way he does. and i just saw an interview he gave back in 67 and he was way different. the same thing happened to me i was hijacked by the police and thrown into a hospital and medicated on drugs that turned me from being a high energy party animal socialite performer. to within days like a zombie while i was on the meds.
ricfl10137 7 months ago
I'm gonna say this right now.. FUCK DR. LANDY. Brian should have been hospitalized. Brian and Landy's relationship was that of co-dependency. Brian should've been committed to an institution.
stratguy1688 10 months ago
You know what's sad? I typed in "Brian Wilson interview" on youtube, and the first page was filled with interviews from the BASEBALL player. To me, this is sad. There is only one Brian Wilson...and it's sad that the hype surrounding a baseball player surpasses a genious. Just sayin'....
boxcharles 11 months ago 19
@boxcharles Yes,.there is a San Francisco Giant ball player with the same name, and he is indeed popular at the moment. Any time you type in "Brian Wilson", on anything...you unfortunately have to weed through pages of SF Giants stuff.
aftershock71 10 months ago
@boxcharles Well, it appears there are at least TWO Brian Wilsons... But of course Brian of The Beach Boys is the one we couldn't live without!
Kalle72 3 months ago
@boxcharles right! dont worry in two years the baseball player will be forgotten
zambot3 2 months ago
Like it or not, Landy did save Brian's life, Mike Love contributed plenty towards Brian's instability, and still does. He was jealous of Landy, and afraid that Brian would be able to go it alone. If Love had been more supportive of Brian in the first place, 'Smile' might well have seen the light of day and Brian might not have descended into the creative vacuum and therefore maybe wouldn't have needed 'help' from someone like Eugene Landy. Brian was irreparably damaged before Landy appeared.
prescient8 1 year ago
@prescient8 I agree that Landy did indeed clean Brian up, get him to exercise, eat right, live clean, etc.....but he did wear out his welcome after his duty was done.
aftershock71 11 months ago
@aftershock71'm a therapist and a shrink. Brian could have been "saved" in other ways then signing a pact with the devil. Brian has /was a schizophrenic bipolar patient that could have been treated otherwise with better results. Landry was a guru, and Brian was fragile enough to cling to him, because things that should have been secure had betrayed him, starting with his father. How many gifted kids have gone under because of their father's intervention, like André Agasse, Michael Jackson.
misstsarina 11 months ago
@prescient8 LOL, gimme a break. Mike caused Brian's instability? How? By being an obnoxious jerk-off and not liking Smile? And Mike wasn't the only one having a problem with Brian's Smile escapade. I give it 50-50 odds that Smile would have been a bewildering flop had it come out. Must be Mike of course, not Brian's rampant drug abuse that caused him to lose focus on Smile and then descend into mental illness.
peterp21 7 months ago
@peterp21 fuck YOU and MIKE LOVE
jammmon 5 months ago
Landy cut himself into more than Brian's deals. He cut himself into Brian's will.
zazeify 1 year ago 2
Sorry, but Brian looks better with a little meat on him. Not 300 pounds, but not the beanpole anorexic that Landy turned him into, either.
aftershock71 1 year ago
this is just sad
LennonForever38 1 year ago
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LennonForever38 1 year ago
This really is heart breaking...
foutupourfoutu 1 year ago
My god 5:41... MY GOD 5:42
crinkleman123 1 year ago 2
i saw brian last night at the enmore and he was fantastic his worth every penny
simbadidge 1 year ago
damn i wanted to see the rest of that norman mailer interview.
mwells219 1 year ago
Wasn't there something about a concert in a sandbox?
Halloffamer333 1 year ago
@Halloffamer333 Brian has pet cats. Cool as the Sandbox was, it didn't last long, and I think you can figure out why.
drshoggothshow 1 year ago
@Halloffamer333 brian built a sandbox around his piano so he could have his feet in the sand while he wrote songs the piano tuner had to vacuum the sand out of the hammers
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
Diane acts like a robotic bobblehead.
deconstructionist67 1 year ago
Brian almost looks liike he's still a bit out of it in this video
krumbolt1 1 year ago
I blame the devil. He showed up in Mr. Wilson's shower you know?
M3town3 1 year ago
I also feel that Mike Love was a dickhead.
tmilwaukee 1 year ago
Somehow, I fell that, after all is said & done, Landy was a positive influence on Brian's life.
tmilwaukee 1 year ago
@tmilwaukee Oh yeah right. Landy kept Brian's daugthers away from him. What kind of sick f**k would do that to somebody. He abused Brian's mental state by making his own kids out to be the evil ones.
elmando5 1 year ago
@tmilwaukee you don't know much about Brian or Landy, obviously
anothercountyheard 1 year ago
this is really sad, especially when he talks about his daughters
screw all the people who mislead and used brian!!
falconhead67 1 year ago
No doubt that Landy had his problems..but he had Brian in a much better state of mind than the Brian of today. Just look at videos from the Landy era and compare them to the Wilson of now. Brian doesn't even play the keys these days in concert and he just waves his arms up and down.
musicmatty67 1 year ago
@musicmatty67 that may be true.... but brian wilson live still kicks ass.
synestheticmusic 1 year ago
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fanfanackapan 1 year ago
Brian sounds like he's doing a Bill Cosby impression at the very end of this clip.
Nillon24 1 year ago
I wouldn't doubt if the shit Landy put Brian on was just as bad as the LSD. Thankfully, Wilson is a lot better these days.
TheVariantstrain 1 year ago
brians father was a jerk and his father before and everyone saying negative shit
Teck7Deck7Master 1 year ago
That Landy was an ugly Get.
Helen25243 1 year ago
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@Helen25243
Agreed... ugly in a way that you know he can't be trusted
grands1am 1 year ago
i like brian wilson. theres just something otherworldly about him. like his spirit is almost too big to be in his body. i get sad thinking about him... but his music is such a drastic opposite to that sadness.
mushroomleg 1 year ago 2
@mushroomleg well put.
watermellonopen 1 year ago
I burned my brain out! My brain got burned out LMAO!
greeniem 1 year ago
I'd LOVE to fuck Diane Sawyer. I think Warren Beatty hit that shit.
wilsondylanmccartney 1 year ago
I wonder if Bill Murray based his portrayal of Carl the groundskeeper in Caddyshack on Wilson.
ar4216 1 year ago
man he is fuuuuucked up
zwan94 1 year ago
I heard Brian Wilson doesn't want to work or play with Mike Love ever again, and he said this as recently as 8 months ago, does that surprise u? I know it puts a lump in my throat too, cause i was hoping for a 50th anniversary reunion of The Beach Boys next year.
relimes 2 years ago
Mike Love sued him for millions not too long ago.
ar4216 1 year ago
@relimes Well, I think Brian has a good gig right now...he probably wants no more connection with Love in fear of another lawsuit. I just hope for a 'SMiLE' boxed set come the 50th anniversary.
rab2591 1 year ago
Easy to understand that It's not hard to hate Mike Love
pmoyer50 2 years ago 5
@pmoyer50 It is such a coincidence that Mike's last name is Love cuz I love him. The Smile sessions made me frown :/
EpicRandomKid69 2 months ago
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M3town3 2 years ago
I wonder how Brian would've turned out today if he'd been given more conventional therapy.
DonZabu 2 years ago
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M3town3 2 years ago
I mean from the onset, in the 70's.
DonZabu 2 years ago
What a man, what a soul. I love you Brian!!!!
Paolo
fasterthanbolt 2 years ago
Brian has come a very long way since that Prime Time episodes...and his musical output is better than ever before. Just check out the CD That Lucky Old Sun for the proof. The songs "Midnight's Another Day" and "Going Home" tells the story very eloquently. God bless Brian.
belladeballe 2 years ago
Brian Wilson is a musical genius. Landy is (was) nothing but a mooching conning Jigalo! Landy also seems gay, not that it matters in itself, but seems that Landy played on physical ploys as well as mental to control Brian. Photos of him walking arm in arm with Brian, hugging him, etc. Hopefully Brian finally came to his senses about the little weasel shit.
cottonceena 2 years ago 3
@cottonceena landy was george bensons manager when he was a teenager made a record and went to new york [ landy lost his license after this for prescribing drugs with out a license he was a phd not an md now hes dead and brian survived .
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
i Love Brian
firewithfire2 2 years ago 2
I was in Kindergarden when that was shot!
relimes 2 years ago 2
lol at "brian wilson after" i love him, but that was funny
jennfierw11 2 years ago 15
heheheehheheheehheheheeh
jammona 2 years ago
@jennfierw11 HAHAHHAHA 5:40
jammmon 5 months ago
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Wow! Mike Love at 03:26½! He's the brain now - He's a rebel!
M3town3 2 years ago
Eugene Landy - Colonel Tom Parker...
when will people ever learn?
kincaide67 2 years ago
From a spiritual standpoint, about WHY people are on this Earth. You can say that Brian was strictly put on this earth to create heavenly music. And I really mean that. Heavenly. He was a terrible father. A terrible husband. His purpose on this earth (besides co-creating two daughters) was strictly to create angelic music.
wilsondylanmccartney 2 years ago
Brian was a fucked up mess at that time. I like watchin' it. But at the time, I hate watching it.
wilsondylanmccartney 2 years ago
having worked with many high functioning autistic children as part of my job, I think it's safe to say that Brian is definitely on the autism spectrum.
mwells219 2 years ago
I think so. Cause I'm too. :-)
fasterthanbolt 2 years ago
she is a DYKe
dithbmine1 2 years ago
obvioulsly he was still on drugs -legal or illegal- with this imbecil of landy... he looked no good! the last 2 seconds are pretty creepy..
anitasseo 2 years ago
@anitasseo
Ah ah :-) Creepy? Maybe if you dont see what I have seen. The last two seconds are the clear proof that he is the greatest soul I knew in my life. A pure unique soul.
Paolo
fasterthanbolt 2 years ago
dude, i´m talking about the action of the drugs, not about brian himself, which we ALL love.
anitasseo 2 years ago
@anitasseo
I see mate. Peace.
fasterthanbolt 2 years ago
The price of genius.
badtown88 2 years ago
I'm SO glad that that is all overwith. Eugene Landy was truly a psychopath practicing as a doctor. Eugene was a nutjob.
wilsondylanmccartney 2 years ago 2
nothing left of my brain lmao
greeniem 2 years ago
the guy has the brain of a 3 year old...Landy is a piece of crap
jballard459 2 years ago
I got the 88 Brian Wilson solo-album. I noticed that Landy helped him out with lyrics! Yes!
M3town3 2 years ago
Dianne looks hot!!!!!
CirSam 2 years ago
very happy that brian wilson is fine, today.
( when i think in that STUPID period with Landy, that monster, i feel such an anger: i could break DR. Landys face in a min !! )
And, i still dont understand why Mike CRAP Love ( i feel bad feeelings about him; really ) was in the band!! The others ( to protect Brian and the band) should got r of him
But, most important: Brian Wilson is wiser, he learned A LOT in Life. If he was a bright genius, now he is a brighter soul.
Joaopandao 2 years ago 2
that last 4 seconds is so sad.
Coldacre 2 years ago
@Coldacre
Sad because ingenious.
fasterthanbolt 2 years ago
what a piece of shit that landy asshole was.
ssiknick83 2 years ago 2
YUP! GLAD HE"S DEAD NOW!!
iwojima654 2 years ago 2
if you want to know the story of brian wilson read "catch a wave" if you want more insight into the landy years read: "wouldnt it be nice" it is pretty amazing how landy saved brians life... BUT landy got greedy and felt brian owed him his life in return for saving it. I dont trust the official beach boys version of events any more than landy... mike love is a whackjob who thinks he can levitate while simultaneously suing brian for being "insane". brian was surrounded by circling sharks.
stumptacular 2 years ago 2
@stumptacular
Yes, Mike Love was the pile of shit on a wonderful beach.
fasterthanbolt 2 years ago
@stumptacular
"Brian was surrounded by circling sharks".
I don't think I have ever seen it put more eloquently. Perfect way to describe Brian. Many people hate Brian's dad and he was abusive in ways.... but some of the stronghold he had on Brian was actualy from the fear that someone would befriend Brian and take advantage of Brian's genius and good nature. Murry knew that Brian was gullible and he tried to protect him for a long time.
Okiemom50 9 months ago
What I`d like to know is if Diane Sawyer can ever speak like a normal human being.
Edhallick 2 years ago 22
Or any reporter, for that matter.
JayXavier 2 years ago 2
No. But I heard she can f*ck real good. Just ask Warren Beatty.
SonofBrunhilde 1 year ago
@Edhallick Shes wrong when she said that dennis was the only one that surfed they all did some more than others mike said we were more like surfing winos getting drunk and falling off the board
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
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misstsarina 11 months ago
@Edhallick She always sounds like she is trying to pinch out a deuce that keeps getting stuck.
kingofallwhites 7 months ago
I'm big Brian fan but I've never heard about this guy Land and this therapy. Can read something, somewhere about it??
embran 2 years ago
The book Catch A Wave is awesome and has quite a lot about it. Is a good read too.
gnfnrliam 2 years ago
Earth to Embran...wake up! There's been many things written about Dr. Eugene Landy...
kya1260am 2 years ago
truly a genius. its so great that he seems to have worked out his many personal demons.
peace, Brian, thanks for the music
sethisawesome 2 years ago 2
"I sleep alone when his wifes our chaperone"
I think Landy was very possibly physically/sexually abusing Brian Wilson as well as mentally... look at some of those photos of them practically in each others laps...Landy = G.A.Y. and those lyrics from "sleep alone" seem to be Landy writing lyrics that belittle and embarrass Brian and he was obviously a control freak... its scary. Brian was and is the greatest and wow what an amazing catalog of music. BW is the best
stumptacular 2 years ago
i always thought that
bk5612 2 years ago 2
Man, Brian was really out of his mind. Glad he got back on track.
AirplaneRadio 2 years ago 2
A truly amazing & most revealing interview. It's sad to see Brian in that state he was in at that time .. and it seems certain, from the footage, that he was indeed under the mesmer of that arsehole Landy. When you contrast Brian today with how he was then - one should get down on their knees & give thanks to god, every single day, for Brian's incredible recovery. Now, if only "Sweet Insanity" would be released .. at long last. To sit alongside "That Lucky Old Sun".
colindominy 3 years ago 2
It's amazing how at the end of this, the *interviewer* is doing him more therapeutic good than all those 9 years with Landy seemed to. "Why don't you see them?" "That's a good question...hmm... never thought about that."
crake01 3 years ago
Brian had the gift.....why didn't Mike Love think about Brian's sensitivity (usually the price of genius...look at other genius). They (The Beach Boys) should have not let the love of money detract them...let's face it....they were about selling albums....they (the BB minus BW) got caught up in capitalism....be true to your school but also be true to your music......selling out will not help the BB Mike
brahud 3 years ago 2
@brahud
Mike was not a cousin. He was a bastard, never rich enough.
Paolo
fasterthanbolt 2 years ago
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@fasterthanbolt sir, I blame the devil. He showed up in Mr. Wilson's shower you know?
M3town3 2 years ago
I for one am tired of people blaming drugs when they talk about Brian Wilson. Jesus people, he was a rock star.
Okay, I will say that much cocaine would mess you up.
jjamdix130 3 years ago
cocaine is a hell of a drug
macksoda 3 years ago 2
Do you realize how many drugs he took?He smoked marijuana and cigarettes,used LSD,and abused uppers and downers in the 60's.During the 70's ,he was an alcoholic and abused cocaine heavily.Then,in the 80's, he abused Xanax and other legal prescription drugs thanks to "Dr" Eugene Landy.His brain is totally fried but he's still a genius.
bk5612 3 years ago 2
Yes from what I read Landy had him on anti-psychotic drugs for years did damage in their own right.
johnmusk 2 years ago
I love how this interview,Well atleast this portion of it ended, I pray he did go see them and had a good talk
MrSteveUtah 3 years ago
I never understood any of your comments till around 6 minutes.What a scumbag that Landy was,He stole Brian Wilson from te world,Stole his Money and what was left of his sould and self confidnece.
Mongrel
MrSteveUtah 3 years ago
Look, at every adult problem (we all have some) you can almost always point to some situation during the years of early development that caused it. Just read about the terrible beating and humiliations that Brian suffered at the hands of his father Murray. This most probably caused much of Brians paranoia, rather than drugs...
deweypug 3 years ago 2
This is sad and interesting all at once.
quickhick 3 years ago
Landy's nice and toasty in hell right now.
Alfrunk 3 years ago
AN ARTIST A CON ARTIST!!
Gwenlj 3 years ago 3
this guy is out of his fucking mind
lictor313 3 years ago
Thank you for posting.
hullygullys 3 years ago
I hate shrinks to much. It's a fraud profession.
Ken9284 3 years ago
well said!!!! its a fake/pseudo profession.
ConorTheTaxiMan 3 years ago
F Landy
MindHead77 3 years ago
Oh my god that last part was out of control.
"I was just I been I been wait I been wait RIGHT TIME...TO CALL EM!"
flopsly 3 years ago
This is hearbreaking. I love Brian!
smileysmiling 4 years ago 3
smiley - Is it true that Brian Wilson once experimented with cannabis?
dowling1981 3 years ago
is that a joke?
tsandtss 3 years ago
No, why?
dowling1981 3 years ago
Brian Wilson smoked so much marijuana in the 1960's and 70's it isn't even funny. He also tried pretty much every drug on earth. But it was the prescription drugs Landy gave to him that "burned his brain out"
tsandtss 3 years ago
Should he not now be arrested for his cruel drug offences?
dowling1981 3 years ago
cruel???
xxdrew333xxx 3 years ago
Yes, they are offensive in their illegality. Do you not think that this is a travesty?
dowling1981 3 years ago
It's an emotional travesty because the guy was brainwashed and lived a generally messed up life, I don't think taking drugs illegaly is really all that much of a travesty. Obviously if it affects their life in a negative way it's not good but just because it's illegal doesn't make it wrong.
xxdrew333xxx 3 years ago 2
Do you think that he should be made aware that it will soon be time for the nettles to sting?
dowling1981 3 years ago
Lemme guess, you're a scientologist
xxdrew333xxx 3 years ago
xxdrew - Why doth you say that?
dowling1981 3 years ago
Luckily, the bastard(Landy)is dead now
bk5612 3 years ago
you should not say that,i know he has a lot to answer to but to wish death on someone!
regentv980 3 years ago 2
The Deach Boys let Brian fall apart for years. Landy was a creep for sure but he did save his life.
nesnman 4 years ago
who are the deach boys
proflonghair07 3 years ago
Typo. It happens when you have MS.
nesnman 3 years ago
yes, it does. my mother had MS. I wish you the best of luck with that. <3
cardog813 3 years ago
Brian is schizoaffective, bipolar type. I live with the same condition and I can truly say that you are never "fully healthy". But with a relatively mild medication regimen, and psychotherapy, you can live a pretty good life. Illicit drugs are NOT a part of that healing, which Brian struggled with.
PierreTheLion 4 years ago 5
I'm sorry. I was just trying to make a point in terms of Brian's legacy. My heart broke when I saw him at The Kennedy Center Honors.
laminage 4 years ago
How dare Landy treat Brian like that.
JimHewittWhite 4 years ago
I've learned that you don't have to like an artist to be able to enjoy his work. Wilson, Michael Jackson, Elliott Smith, Curtis, Cobain, I HATE each and every one of them for destroying their lives. The only thing left to remember is that single moment, when they actually had appreciation for something: their music. And why does this always happen in the world of music, and rarely does in film or tv?
DavNav88 4 years ago
Wilson has nothing to do with Elliott Smith, Cobain, Michael Jackson. He's a better composer than any of those "songwriters" put together. Also, He didn't ruin his life. Hes fully healthy now and released one of the highest acclaimed albums of all-time in 2004.
tsandtss 4 years ago
I didn't say that Wilson had anything to do with them - I said that he also similarly ruined his life (You really think that I thought that Wilson and Cobain had worked together at some point)? I also didn't say that he's at the same level than those other artists. But yes, you are correct, Wilson is getting back on track, especially with 2004's Smile, but I'm still upset at how he brought an end to the Beach Boys... Let's hope he revives it all!
DavNav88 4 years ago 2
You are wrong. Elliott smith is on Brian Wilson's level
JoeGa1111 4 years ago
If you truly believe that, you seriously have no idea about music, and have deluded ideas about music.
tsandtss 4 years ago
Brian wilson reminds me of Steve Zissou...Thanx for uploading this!
newporno 4 years ago
Landy was a prick and an opportunist...HOWEVER
he did save Wilsons life. Landy went TOTALLY overboard and crossed boundries that a doctor shouldn't. His program involving excersize, diet etc was good but he was a meglomaniac and a control freak. AND he had a lousy voice and couldn't sing for shit. LOL Brians deamons were his father and his obligation to his family. They should have let him be...they are ALL involved in his sickness. Mike Love is an IDIOT.
persinos 4 years ago
Re: "he had a lousy voice and couldn't sing for shit:" I didn't know Landy attempted to sing. Did you hear him? I'm just curious. On the OG pressing of Brian's 1988 album, Landy got a "background vocal" credit on "Rio Grande," but I couldn't tell if Landy was really on that song or not (especially since Brian likes to overdub his own b-ground vocals).
Cow1Moo 3 years ago
Landy is burning in hell right now, right where he belongs.
theQiwiMan 4 years ago 4
All in all, Brian Wilson will be remembered as one of the most prolific producers and songwriters of all time after he meets his maker. The guy was ahead of his time in both song structure and production technique. Many of the things he was doing back in the 60s is barely even touched upon by todays producers and engineers. Not just a musical genius. But, a genius of the studio, as well.
jaffijoe 4 years ago
Mike Love once said that "You know, it's hard out here for a pimp" should have been the original lyric for "I Get Around." Haha, look at that clown with his yellow suit. Check out that bling!
upurnose 4 years ago
The end of this interview is especially hard to watch. Brian is really torn up about his isolation from his daughters.
mos6507 4 years ago
Wow Brian Wilson is such a Musical Genius! What puzzles people is that he doesn't even realize it! At least Mike Love does and steals the Beach Boys from him, hehehe what a bald talentless prick raking in all the money!!
qazwsx12369 4 years ago